SOSC 3375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: False Consciousness, Antonio Gramsci
18 Nov 2016
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Demonstrate what the broader concept of what gap theories is, what it means, and how to apply it to what the question is asking you to do. If you have a coherent essay that flows you are on the right track. Pay attention to further readings silbey further reading is relevant. Ideas about the law and how that orients how you interact and behave with the legal system. People respect authority because of interest, values or legitimacy. Legitimacy of a social order is the effective belief in its binding or obligatory quality. No society can rely chiefly on force. There is some ideological legitimation behind the dynamic going on. Legitimacy is particularly important to courts since they have no resourse to coercion. In casey the court could reconsider roe v. wade (disregarding precedent) Court refrains from doing so and explains: Legitimacy of court is especially at stake on when addressing intensely controversial issue.
